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Wireless Order Taking for Restaurants & Bars
Bangalore, January 24, 2007: IDS Softwares Pvt. Ltd., (IDS), one of IndiaÂ's fewproduct software companies and a market leader in the hospitality solutions marketwith over 1,000 installations across 20 countries, today announced the launch ofFortune MobilePOS, a product which enables stewards in a restaurant (or any otherF&B outlet) to take an order from the guest electronically on a hand-held wirelessPDA device.
Fortune MobilePOS is targeted at F&B Outlets and would greatly reduce the hasslesassociated with the traditional way of order taking on paper and then traveling tothe Kitchen to place the order. The moment order is saved on the hand held device,it is transmitted wirelessly & printed at the kitchen(s) (which might be located ata distance).The key features of the product include; paperless, wireless, handheldorder entry, multi-level item modifiers and multi-outlet handling. The product findsapplication in fine dining restaurants (individual or part of some hotel),discotheques, lounge bars, resorts, roof top restaurants and any outlet wherekitchen is at a distance.
Launching the new product here today Mr. Rajesh P Yadav, General Manager - Sales,IDS, said, Â IDS has been a front runner in introducing technology to the hospitalityindustry for close to 2 decades. Fortune MobilePOS is our solution that would changethe way order is taken and executed in a restaurant by leveraging the technology andin the process eliminate time-lag associated with traversing the distance to thekitchen to deliver the order. The new product could be integrated with Fortune R&B,& any of its PMS (Property Management Systems) like Fortune Enterprise, FortuneExpress and Fortune Genie from the Fortune Suite of Software Solutions by IDS.Â
Fortune MobilePOS uses Wi-Fi technology and is compatible with MS windows for mobilepocket PC platform and Microsoft Windows Terminal Services.. The new product besidesenhancing image of the restaurant and increasing guest satisfaction levels wouldalso help the management in optimally utilizing the stewardÂ's time to remain morefocused in serving the guests rather than mundane task as well as reduce F&Boverheads involved with auditing of manual KOT system. Most importantly, FortuneMobilePOS by ensuring instantaneous and error free transmission of order would helprestaurants increase guest satisfaction.
Today many of the renowned restaurant chains like Mainland China, Ruby Tuesdays,GeoffreyÂ's, Hardrock Cafà among others, are utilizing IDSÂ' Fortune Suite of Softwarefor applications for their operations.
Head-quartered Bangalore, IDS has 9 offices across India to support its customers inmanaging their mission critical hospitality applications. IDS technology team has acombined domain experience of over 600 man-years. The companyÂ's Development andGlobal Support Center at Bangalore offers support to its customers on a 24x7x365basis. Fortune Suite of Software Solutions from IDS, serves the hospitality softwaresolutions needs of Sarovar Hotels & Resorts, ITC Fortune Park Hotels, Royal OrchidHotels & Club Mahindra Holidays to name a few.
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